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"sats" poems
I have longed for this year since fourth grade When I learned what a val-e-dic-tor-ian was And realized I wanted to be one. I have longed for this year since I was fifteen And wanted to leave home Go out and explore the bigger world Free of parents and noisy siblings. I have longed for this year since my first college tour And I saw the hubbub The libraries, the labs, the dorms, the giant sweatshirts And noticed how small and quiet my high school was. We picked out caps and gowns Red We lead the pep rallies now The loudest yet We're taking physics, and calculus, and the SATs Feeling scholarly We picked out how our names appear on our diplomas First M. Last We have our licenses Drive to school We fill out college applications endlessly And endlessly... We picked our prom theme Great Gatsby We're getting lazy very quickly Senioritis Graduation keeps us going Graduation is the goal Graduation is the light at the end of the tunnel Graduation in June Graduation in red polyester Graduation in the sun Graduation is the end But wait. Hold up. Stop. Stop. STOP! Seven more months with you? You, who I've stared at for four years? You, whose smiles make my day? You, whose face I look for in crowds? You, who are the most amazing person I've ever met? You, who I haven't even asked out? You, who have no idea who I feel? You, who might by some miracle possibly feel the same way? You, who I'll regret never making a move with for the rest of my life? You? Seven. Months.? HOLD UP SENIOR YEAR SLOW DOWN GRADUATION THERE'S A BOY.
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Nov 2, 2013
Nov 2, 2013 at 2:23 PM UTC
Senior
I have longed for this year since fourth grade When I learned what a val-e-dic-tor-ian was And realized I wanted to be one. I have longed for this year since I was fifteen And wanted to leave home Go out and explore the bigger world Free of parents and noisy siblings. I have longed for this year since my first college tour And I saw the hubbub The libraries, the labs, the dorms, the giant sweatshirts And noticed how small and quiet my high school was. We picked out caps and gowns Red We lead the pep rallies now The loudest yet We're taking physics, and calculus, and the SATs Feeling scholarly We picked out how our names appear on our diplomas First M. Last We have our licenses Drive to school We fill out college applications endlessly And endlessly... We picked our prom theme Great Gatsby We're getting lazy very quickly Senioritis Graduation keeps us going Graduation is the goal Graduation is the light at the end of the tunnel Graduation in June Graduation in red polyester Graduation in the sun Graduation is the end But wait. Hold up. Stop. Stop. STOP! Seven more months with you? You, who I've stared at for four years? You, whose smiles make my day? You, whose face I look for in crowds? You, who are the most amazing person I've ever met? You, who I haven't even asked out? You, who have no idea who I feel? You, who might by some miracle possibly feel the same way? You, who I'll regret never making a move with for the rest of my life? You? Seven. Months.? HOLD UP SENIOR YEAR SLOW DOWN GRADUATION THERE'S A BOY.
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She woke up early To see what the Easter Bunny brought her And she fed her dog jellybeans And she put on her new baby blue dress With the matching hat And couldn't sit still in Church. She woke up early To find that the Easter Bunny only brought Dad’s favorite candy And her mom sat her down And said, “The Easter Bunny is a fantasy” And her dog got stomach cancer and couldn't eat the jellybeans. Her baby blue dress was too small But she wore it anyways With pants underneath And the matching hat, And she got a cramp in her neck From counting the ceiling tiles in church. She woke up early To the sound of her parents fighting And she climbed into the bed of the pickup truck And told her brother about Easters he was too young to remember Of baby blue dresses With matching hats And how they used to have a dog that ate the jellybeans. She wore her pajamas to church And refused to get out of the car. Not even when her mother cried. She woke up late To the sound of DVR’d episodes of Pawn Stars And her dad told her that taking the SATs once was not good enough And her boyfriend needs to take driver’s ed. And they didn't go to church Because her mom didn't live there anymore. So she put on a different dress, Dark blue with no matching hat, And drove that pickup truck off the bridge. Laughing as the cab filled up With death’s cold fingers.
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Jun 12, 2014
Jun 12, 2014 at 1:20 AM UTC
Resurrection
Everywhere I look now I’m reminded of the past When we were kids together, And forever’s meant to last. High school was that future thing You thought you’d never reach Now you’re there, so unprepared It’s still hard to believe. I thought I knew just what to do But now my paths are crossed. It used to be all fun and games, And time was never lost. No one asked these questions, “What next? How not? Why me?” It was all inside the moment, We believed in who we’d be. But now I take the SATs In Physics, nonetheless I finally beat forever I never would have guessed. Girls wear make up everyday And “like” has turned to “love” I miss the way it used to be, I miss when we were young. ‘Cause children don’t take SATs And children don’t regret Kids rejoice in what they have, And loving what they get.
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May 27, 2012
May 27, 2012 at 3:17 PM UTC
Children Don't Take SATs
I go to bed early and am quick to rise, my room is tidy as can be. Heaven forbid I should ever tell lies, I have no faults, or can’t you see? Whenever my parents wish to speak I turn an ever eager ear. Never would I give them cheek, that is too brash for me, I fear. My teachers’ words are my priority, never would I cause them duress. I must bow to their seniority, and never will it cause me stress. Juggling six demanding classes is such a simple thing to do. That’s six straight-A passes, a 4.0 is nothing new. Exercise is an important act, all the leading physicians say, So tennis, soccer and varsity track are how I fill the rest of my day. But as each evening wears on, after days that were just too speedy, I am constantly drawn to serve meals to the needy. I always speak grace before we eat, in the most humble and catholic way, so for food, light and heat and for God’s love I truly pray. This is my third square meal that I’ve enjoyed today, with portions small so I don’t feel that I’ve increased what I weigh. Now to homework I must run, with adequate time for all. Equations and essays are so much fun, and studying history I would never stall. On the weekends my friends and I have more fun than you could know. Root beer and warm apple pie bring us from sugar high to low. Despite my perfect SATs I am more than intellectual. My drawing skills, if you please, are much more than ineffectual. And on the stage I am a riot, My singing voice is like a bell. My pirouettes and leaps are oh so quiet, Is there anything I can’t do well? Mediocrity would be such a drag, why would anyone choose it? I wave perfection like a flag, it has always been the perfect fit. Why do some make it seem so tough? Isn’t this everyone’s goal? The pure exhaustion isn’t that rough. And all perfection cost was my soul.
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Oct 24, 2012
Oct 24, 2012 at 4:29 PM UTC
Expectations
I go to bed early and am quick to rise, my room is tidy as can be. Heaven forbid I should ever tell lies, I have no faults, or can’t you see? Whenever my parents wish to speak I turn an ever eager ear. Never would I give them cheek, that is too brash for me, I fear. My teachers’ words are my priority, never would I cause them duress. I must bow to their seniority, and never will it cause me stress. Juggling six demanding classes is such a simple thing to do. That’s six straight-A passes, a 4.0 is nothing new. Exercise is an important act, all the leading physicians say, So tennis, soccer and varsity track are how I fill the rest of my day. But as each evening wears on, after days that were just too speedy, I am constantly drawn to serve meals to the needy. I always speak grace before we eat, in the most humble and catholic way, so for food, light and heat and for God’s love I truly pray. This is my third square meal that I’ve enjoyed today, with portions small so I don’t feel that I’ve increased what I weigh. Now to homework I must run, with adequate time for all. Equations and essays are so much fun, and studying history I would never stall. On the weekends my friends and I have more fun than you could know. Root beer and warm apple pie bring us from sugar high to low. Despite my perfect SATs I am more than intellectual. My drawing skills, if you please, are much more than ineffectual. And on the stage I am a riot, My singing voice is like a bell. My pirouettes and leaps are oh so quiet, Is there anything I can’t do well? Mediocrity would be such a drag, why would anyone choose it? I wave perfection like a flag, it has always been the perfect fit. Why do some make it seem so tough? Isn’t this everyone’s goal? The pure exhaustion isn’t that rough. And all perfection cost was my soul.
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Take my hand, friend just for a sec- let's leave this ****** land of SATs, PSATs, APs, and college admission essays and guidance counselors and homework and pop quizzes and exams and whatever else-                                           behind. Let's be two again. Let's make Pringle-chip-duck faces and grin with orange peel smiles- I'll paint my nails yellow and we'll read Dr. Seuss with British accents in the dimming light of the old falling-down fort of pillows and blankets (that's almost too small for us) Let's pretend               Let's pretend                             Let's pretend That we've never seen the glowing screen of televisions, computers, IPods, that we haven't spent weeks wearing down our thumbs on text messages.               Let's forget fights over boys that weren't even all that hot. Let's sit in my yard and eat raw cookie dough behind my momma's back And make too-sweet fresh lemonade, and blow dandelions (into other neighbor's yards, of course) Spray garden hoses at each other and laugh and scream and giggle and make mud-pies. Let's make twenty different secret handshakes, Eat wild raspberries and hide sticky fingers And pinky promise- again and again- BFFs forever. Let's lose ourselves in the bliss of childhood just one more time- please.                             Just in case Peter Pan decides to visit.
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Aug 6, 2010
Aug 6, 2010 at 7:40 PM UTC
Just This Once.
Take my hand, friend just for a sec- let's leave this ****** land of SATs, PSATs, APs, and college admission essays and guidance counselors and homework and pop quizzes and exams and whatever else-                                           behind. Let's be two again. Let's make Pringle-chip-duck faces and grin with orange peel smiles- I'll paint my nails yellow and we'll read Dr. Seuss with British accents in the dimming light of the old falling-down fort of pillows and blankets (that's almost too small for us) Let's pretend               Let's pretend                             Let's pretend That we've never seen the glowing screen of televisions, computers, IPods, that we haven't spent weeks wearing down our thumbs on text messages.               Let's forget fights over boys that weren't even all that hot. Let's sit in my yard and eat raw cookie dough behind my momma's back And make too-sweet fresh lemonade, and blow dandelions (into other neighbor's yards, of course) Spray garden hoses at each other and laugh and scream and giggle and make mud-pies. Let's make twenty different secret handshakes, Eat wild raspberries and hide sticky fingers And pinky promise- again and again- BFFs forever. Let's lose ourselves in the bliss of childhood just one more time- please.                             Just in case Peter Pan decides to visit.
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*** a knife in my chest, Not a day I rest. My anxiety is too high, I have not a clue why. They threw a book at my face, And expected me to work at their pace. All of a sudden work became too much to handle, I sit in mental agony, trembling with a melted candle. it seems unjust, unfair, To now have me decide; to fully care. I am baffled as to why there was a requirement, I feel trapped inside an isolated environment. Did they ask about my feelings? Did they wonder what I knew? Did they care I favored my abilities over theirs? Did they realize this much is true? The book beside me is relentless, It motions for me to work day after day, But I sit there with stress raging over me, Will I be okay? I try and I try, To greatly improve in this never-ending book of lies, For an outstanding score, And the disappearance of my sighs.
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Feb 20, 2013
Feb 20, 2013 at 4:38 PM UTC
"SATS"
The Blue of the Democrats The Red of the Republicans Where is the White of The People? When did We The People become, We The Separated? In times like these. We cannot look to the government. We The People, must look to ourselves! United We Stand! Divided We Fall! The government was never fat politicians. It was We The People Where is the Red, White, and Blue? We are the Government. We don't have the luxury to blame ourselves. We The People. Of the United States of America must stand against today's problems. Not debt. Not war. Not education. But laziness, disunity, and hopelessness. Blaming the government, is blaming We The People. Blaming your neighbors. Blaming your friends. What happened to Uncle Sam? He fell and We ignored him. Our Uncle Sam is still there. begging for help, We keep walking. Now We ask each other. Where is Uncle Sam? Where is Patriotism? Why is our country in disarray? I say, look unto yourself We The People have become lazy have become confused have become weak The World is turning. Mother of time is ready to spit out the old, and chew, on the new. Like Rome. We seen our final glorious days. The New World dawns. But I tell you my friend. It is not too late. We have all heard and saw Rome's dismay. It is not too late. It is not too late. We can learn from the Romans. We can turn from our ways of laziness. Help Uncle Sam! Bring a New America. Out with the Old! In with the New! Uncle Sam has a lot on his plate. The War in Afghanistan, His debt to China, and His fading economy. We can't help him by solving those problems. But let us, We The People. Clean His home. Sing a song to him. Our all-american Uncle. Fix his home. Let us We The People take the first step, if you see kids on the streets, yell at them, "Did you do your homework?" "Are you studying for your SATs?" Encourage! If We are at work. Don't play FarmVille. Work knowing this, You are fighting for America, everyday is another dollar off of Uncle Sam's debt. You are the frontline in this war against time. If We are at school. Stop flirting with random girls or boys, with intent of *** Know this, you are next. We are The People. Kids build the bullets of Uncle Sam's Gun, through education. If Uncle Sam has good bullets, he will win his battle, If Uncle Sam has bad bullets, he will lose his battle. When Uncle Sam goes to battle with the other countries, your bullets will be the difference between America the destroyed, and America the victorious. We Are The People. We Are The Future. We Are The Government. Never forget that. So next time you ask yourself, how did this happen? Look at yourself, remind everybody. We are The People. We need to work harder America. There is no question to that. That is the Modern Common Sense.
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Dec 5, 2011
Dec 5, 2011 at 9:52 PM UTC
The Modern Common Sense
The Blue of the Democrats The Red of the Republicans Where is the White of The People? When did We The People become, We The Separated? In times like these. We cannot look to the government. We The People, must look to ourselves! United We Stand! Divided We Fall! The government was never fat politicians. It was We The People Where is the Red, White, and Blue? We are the Government. We don't have the luxury to blame ourselves. We The People. Of the United States of America must stand against today's problems. Not debt. Not war. Not education. But laziness, disunity, and hopelessness. Blaming the government, is blaming We The People. Blaming your neighbors. Blaming your friends. What happened to Uncle Sam? He fell and We ignored him. Our Uncle Sam is still there. begging for help, We keep walking. Now We ask each other. Where is Uncle Sam? Where is Patriotism? Why is our country in disarray? I say, look unto yourself We The People have become lazy have become confused have become weak The World is turning. Mother of time is ready to spit out the old, and chew, on the new. Like Rome. We seen our final glorious days. The New World dawns. But I tell you my friend. It is not too late. We have all heard and saw Rome's dismay. It is not too late. It is not too late. We can learn from the Romans. We can turn from our ways of laziness. Help Uncle Sam! Bring a New America. Out with the Old! In with the New! Uncle Sam has a lot on his plate. The War in Afghanistan, His debt to China, and His fading economy. We can't help him by solving those problems. But let us, We The People. Clean His home. Sing a song to him. Our all-american Uncle. Fix his home. Let us We The People take the first step, if you see kids on the streets, yell at them, "Did you do your homework?" "Are you studying for your SATs?" Encourage! If We are at work. Don't play FarmVille. Work knowing this, You are fighting for America, everyday is another dollar off of Uncle Sam's debt. You are the frontline in this war against time. If We are at school. Stop flirting with random girls or boys, with intent of *** Know this, you are next. We are The People. Kids build the bullets of Uncle Sam's Gun, through education. If Uncle Sam has good bullets, he will win his battle, If Uncle Sam has bad bullets, he will lose his battle. When Uncle Sam goes to battle with the other countries, your bullets will be the difference between America the destroyed, and America the victorious. We Are The People. We Are The Future. We Are The Government. Never forget that. So next time you ask yourself, how did this happen? Look at yourself, remind everybody. We are The People. We need to work harder America. There is no question to that. That is the Modern Common Sense.
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I imagine I must talk to my dead seventh grade teacher who told me to be better, who told off the children when they brought me a butcher knife because I cannot learn algebra if I am dead. The deceased are more than likely with the sun wherever it is right now. Tomorrow’s twilight, I will find my dead seventh grade math teacher stand on my tippy-toes, try to be as tall as him and ask if he still thinks I should be alive. Five years later and I cannot understand why a person with his same name could ruin my life when he, in turn, saved mine. I am a bad person for wishing she were the one that the flu took then. Unlike the others, Mr. Kats did not mention the SATs or growing up. He would not be there to see either happen and I bet he believed God knew. Then again, I knew the side of him that did not know God well enough to remind me of a Mormon church until I saw his youngest daughter alone on her knees whilst the eldest sang about how her father would never need to move with a walker. I held my best friend’s hand when we met his corpse, because he had saved her too. I imagine we must talk, but not for me to tell him that I do not care about algebra, I guess he already realizes. We were never really special to each other when I think about it, he was too strict and I was too sad and now it’s too quiet: I haven’t entered a classroom since, died some as well but my only punishment was a broken heart by his reincarnate. There was no lesson.
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Jul 4, 2013
Jul 4, 2013 at 1:42 PM UTC
for mr. kats, 1955 - 2009
there's this theory, my mom once told me, that liars are always reincarnated as dogs i've been thinking a lot about people dying lately and i've also started counting time in dog years according to such, it's been about two long dog decades i don't miss you anymore, and i'm about done grieving you (you would've just called me out- i'm a liar through and through) and i found that if i drink enough, you're still here, well and alive your mom never cries or loops your old playlists when she drives your dad never comes over to gift me souvenirs from your life your sister never learns to shape grief into an essay in one night no, you're still helping her brainstorm what exactly to write we stay up together, on facetime, stressing the the entire night and she chooses premed because of a torn ACL, not a torn family and we spend hours debating if she should submit her SATs and grief is only ever-so-distant, yet only oh-so-familiar we have it our way: it is never more than a recognizable stranger i write you in present tense, you agree: dogs in our next life i gaslight, i lose my mind, i'm convinced anything's worth a try- so, how many poems do you think i have to write for it to be enough to bring a friend back to life?
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Feb 28, 2024
Feb 28, 2024 at 1:03 AM UTC
grief (in dog years)
My hands are shaking, My heart beats fast, Your eyes have been glistening In my mind for a while. Sun-kissed skin and alcohol in our veins and I wish to say we're in love, but this isn't some cliché. Oh I wish I was beautiful, but God I am far from that. I'll never be enough to have you, not even every once in a while. My bloodstream's still rushing, my eyes flushed with tears. Your lips smell like *** and I wish to get drunk, I fear. Drunk stories, siblings and SATs, break ups and cancer, that made your dad ill. You'll never smoke cigarettes, They killed him you said. Smoking hookah isn't any better. You're stubborn, and beautiful, have I said? You're young, though you've lived so much. Catastrophes have blown by. But my God, those eyes radiate innocence. I'd look at you all night. I feel like quoting a poem I found "My parents warned me about drugs on the streets but never the ones with hazel eyes and a heartbeat" I wish I'd written that, it seems all about you. Those hazel eyes are guns, a kiss would pull the trigger and make our heartbeats one. Don't look at me that way, Stop smiling or the stars will be jealous of your glow, You speak, I shiver, my heart's about to blow. And what would've happened if I'd been taken by the waves that day? If I had sunk with the ocean at noon instead? Your eyes would be unknown, your heart undiscovered. But I would rest in peace without your haunting memory under my covers. The wind breaks through and I think of you. The sea resembles your eyes. And thank God I'm not drunk, because I'd dial your number and cry. I thought I hated the beach, but now it reminds of you. Crap, I thought I was tough. You bring my soft side out, too. The stars were the witnesses, of my soul falling in love. The moon was hidden. She was also scared, I thought. She knew how this would go. 'Not again', she mumbled. 4 am tears and melancholic poems, she'd take care of, and months of thunder rumble. The moon hopes for no more sadness, and my wishes, for once, to come true. But God, he won't love me, and she knows that too.
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Jul 30, 2014
Jul 30, 2014 at 3:51 PM UTC
The Moon Knows It Too.
My hands are shaking, My heart beats fast, Your eyes have been glistening In my mind for a while. Sun-kissed skin and alcohol in our veins and I wish to say we're in love, but this isn't some cliché. Oh I wish I was beautiful, but God I am far from that. I'll never be enough to have you, not even every once in a while. My bloodstream's still rushing, my eyes flushed with tears. Your lips smell like *** and I wish to get drunk, I fear. Drunk stories, siblings and SATs, break ups and cancer, that made your dad ill. You'll never smoke cigarettes, They killed him you said. Smoking hookah isn't any better. You're stubborn, and beautiful, have I said? You're young, though you've lived so much. Catastrophes have blown by. But my God, those eyes radiate innocence. I'd look at you all night. I feel like quoting a poem I found "My parents warned me about drugs on the streets but never the ones with hazel eyes and a heartbeat" I wish I'd written that, it seems all about you. Those hazel eyes are guns, a kiss would pull the trigger and make our heartbeats one. Don't look at me that way, Stop smiling or the stars will be jealous of your glow, You speak, I shiver, my heart's about to blow. And what would've happened if I'd been taken by the waves that day? If I had sunk with the ocean at noon instead? Your eyes would be unknown, your heart undiscovered. But I would rest in peace without your haunting memory under my covers. The wind breaks through and I think of you. The sea resembles your eyes. And thank God I'm not drunk, because I'd dial your number and cry. I thought I hated the beach, but now it reminds of you. Crap, I thought I was tough. You bring my soft side out, too. The stars were the witnesses, of my soul falling in love. The moon was hidden. She was also scared, I thought. She knew how this would go. 'Not again', she mumbled. 4 am tears and melancholic poems, she'd take care of, and months of thunder rumble. The moon hopes for no more sadness, and my wishes, for once, to come true. But God, he won't love me, and she knows that too.
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Freshman year: "Creepy-Crusty Freshman" We thought we had it together, but everyone else knew. We were just beginning, We were separate, naive and secluded. Sophomore year: Forgotten students. Not ready for college Yet not a new baby to coddle, We were simple floating and following the beaten path. Junior Year: Most stressful endeavors ACTs, SATs, AP tests Do good they said, Prepare for senior year, "It goes by fast" So do this and do that, but don't do that. Senior Year: Apply for colleges! Don't be late! Meet the deadlines! Senioritis. We wanted it to go by fast and they said it would, and it did. So fast that our last day was March 16th Instead of May 22nd We had no idea that we would never say a proper goodbye, that we would never throw our caps to fly high, that we would never dance to tacky music for the last time at our 'senior prom' We had no idea what senior year would be. But we now know what it was not. It was not easy not simple or complete, straight-forward or whole, Not ordinary and certainly not fair. 2020 Seniors did not get a senior year. We did not get open houses for the masses, Or graduation with peers from our classes. In kindergarten we were told to stand tall and speak up, and chin up. Make friends because they'll be with you your whole school life. One day you will cross the stage with them. But senior year we were told to be quiet, wear a mask. Stay inside, don't say goodbye, good luck on your own. You'll graduate alone.
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Jun 19, 2020
Jun 19, 2020 at 1:53 AM UTC
"The Best Years of Your Life!" (Spoken word)
for most of the scholars, the future is the stressor SATs, ACTs, grades, extracurriculars, college apps, jobs when given notice, anyone can prepare for and deal with a challenge when one's worries consist only of the future, one is blessed, not cursed when life is "how can I get through this" instead of "how will I get through that" it's a problem. best math student in the school, but he still can't solve the everyday problem mom dad divorce boyfriend alcoholism violence lawsuits counseling too many terms, it's unfactorable, it's unfair, this wasn't in the textbook now it's on the test and I can't get a 100 I thought being perfect was the only way?
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Feb 10, 2015
Feb 10, 2015 at 11:35 PM UTC
present tension
DOESN'T ANYONE NOTICE THE BEES FLOATING ABOVE THEIR HEADS? DOESN'T ANYONE SEE THE ROUND YELLOW BODIES FLYING THROUGH THE AIR? They make no buzzing sounds in this building. Some of them are found dead, lifeless on the floor. What are they trying to pollinate? What flowers are there here for them to reproduce? Where's the wildlife? SOME OF THEM ARE FOUND DEAD, LIFELESS ON THE FLOOR. They're worker bees. They're busy FREAKIN' bees. There isn't enough time to pollinate all the flowers. THERE ISN'T ENOUGH TIME TO POLLINATE ALL THE FLOWERS. Some of them are found dead, lifeless on the floor. Who's the queen bee, then? Who is it? Poor little bees are worked to the bone. Too bad they get none of the honey. Some of them are found dead, lifeless on the floor. WORKED TO THE BONE. Are other bugs working this hard? They're trapped in this building, cemented, with no choice but to work, work, work. SOME OF THEM ARE FOUND DEAD, LIFELESS ON THE FLOOR. The flowers they are trying to pollinate sound like, "WOW, YOU GO TO CLASSICAL. THAT'S A COLLEGE PREP HIGH SCHOOL. HOW IMPRESSIVE!" "HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT COLLEGE?" This worker bee isn't trying to hear all that **** "YOU SHOULD TAKE THE SATs. COLLEGES REALLY LOOK AT THEM." SOME OF THEM ARE FOUND DEAD, LIFELESS ON THE FLOOR. "TAKE ADVANCED CLASSES. THEY'RE IMPORTANT." SOME OF THEM ARE FOUND DEAD, LIFELESS ON THE FLOOR. I'm tired of feeling like a dead bee. Let me fly. ~~a.s.f.
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Sep 22, 2014
Sep 22, 2014 at 9:55 PM UTC
busy bees
I’ve told you this before... but i think of you a lot. it’s not really intentional, its just that everything reminds of you. when i see a flower- i think of how good you look in the color pink. when i think of economics, or politics, i think of you- because i know how interested you are in those subjects. when i stare at people for long enough- their faces start to morph into yours. and thats why i don’t like to go out anymore. because everywhere i go, i see you. i see you in the scribbles in my journals, and in the cracks on the sidewalks, i see you when i press a button in an elevator, and when I’m filling out a form to sign up for the sats? don’t ask me why, because i don’t know... i just know that it happens. i know that i know things about you that no one else does. and you know things about me that no one else does. you know things about me i wouldn’t want anyone else to know. i trust you like that. i think of you as a safe house, a place where i know that things will be good eventually. at least- i like to hope so.
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Nov 5, 2017
Nov 5, 2017 at 5:42 PM UTC
:( pt2
i always wondered why women get “dolled up” but men “suit up” women put on layers of makeup and suffocate themselves wearing corsets to become an object that a man will like to look at and use but men clean up and dress professionally it certainly says a lot about our society the white woman’s 77 cents to the man’s dollar and even less for the minority women the media glorifies women of size 00 which is quite literally less than nothing women are supposed to be so small that they are less than zero science tries to define a woman’s purpose as producing children and taking care of the home but what about the women who are not fertile and live on the streets? they will always ask a woman “how does she do it all?” but when was the last time a man was asked the same question when both of them have a job and a family to balance men are not expected to assume the subordinate role because society deems women to be inferior to men when women continue to outscore men on the SATs and reading tests but those men will be given the leadership positions the women rightfully deserve the objectification the classification the learned gender roles the discrimination all empower the patriarchy but we can dismantle it one empowered woman at a time
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Mar 10, 2019
Mar 10, 2019 at 1:54 AM UTC
dolled up
Jeg forbyder en morskab Med for mange principper Som ingen rigtig forstår Jeg selv tror, jeg selv ved, med ved det egentlig ikke Et sats Pest eller kolera Som for andre Blot er chancen Den der tages Hvor der gives En kyklopisk spandfuld af egenskaber Egenskaber jeg er blevet for gammel til Eller måske er jeg blot for ung Men ung og dum Gammel og klog Jeg finder da ingen mening For hvem ved dét Dét som ingen ved Her i søgning efter mening Hvorfor gør jeg det ikke Hvorfor bliver jeg ved Med at tænke Det utænkte
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Jun 25, 2015
Jun 25, 2015 at 10:01 AM UTC
En morskab
You look to the clock and wait for the bell Work set aside for thoughts of tomorrow Unable to endure the rest of this class This day This year You view high school as the dark tunnel of your youth And ask if there's a light at the end You lose the purpose among other things Though constantly haunted by reminders of grades College SATs Taken over by stress And eaten away by uncertainty Forced to test your comedic abilities But You are built with the power of strength Knowledge Patience And each day you grow in these attributes Maximize your potential Take weaknesses to your advantage Now, you look to the clock and wait Wait for the future you shaped in this class This day This year.
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Mar 20, 2017
Mar 20, 2017 at 1:15 PM UTC
As We Wait
I must've been more stressed than I seemed Petting my dog, I released a guttural scream I've been studying projectiles, calculus, and semantic ABCs I just hope it's enough to get through the SATs
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Mar 4, 2017
Mar 4, 2017 at 7:58 PM UTC
Test Prep
I's don' really know much only how to cook and clean fa ma marster's and they chillun they tries to teach me to read i's neva liked the white folks edumucation so I's just stay in the field spend time with the sun until the moon comes and take me on away das my's only time to heal from the scars they puts on my skin from the scars they puts in my mind from the scars they puts on my family my brothers and nem I's wonder all the time will we ever be free? I's think of it everyday cant wait for it to be Mama always worked in the kitchen but she has her fav spot next to the chimney she a sit listen to the white folks talk I's pray all the time she ont get caught one day she heard sumn mussa been real good Is seen her smiling as Jesus himself gon an got mama a new dress but I's know ha smile na tha day she sats in a corner listnin' she hurds them finely' say we's free we's free but marster wouldnt let us go she herd' em tell mistus he wont let us free till me make sommo' for thems to eat but mama hops out that chimey corner jumps to her feet I's herd' ha yelling "I's free I's free' "then she runs to the field 'gainst marster's will and tol' all the other slaves n they quit work" I's seen all the hoes and rakes falls to the dirt dat nite ma slip out the house like a banana was at da do' she hids' in the ditch I's get snuck out my bed next I's in mamas arms I's look at mama's tied' feet running so fast to chase her freedom I's hear shots from ***** dem dogs barking n growlin' Lord please keep mama safe and the Lord hears ma prayas' cause' that nite afta alls the yelling cryin' n sweating me and mama we finely gits away Copy Right 2020 ©PoeticPat
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Sep 9, 2015
Sep 9, 2015 at 6:28 PM UTC
Tempie's Freedom
I's don' really know much only how to cook and clean fa ma marster's and they chillun they tries to teach me to read i's neva liked the white folks edumucation so I's just stay in the field spend time with the sun until the moon comes and take me on away das my's only time to heal from the scars they puts on my skin from the scars they puts in my mind from the scars they puts on my family my brothers and nem I's wonder all the time will we ever be free? I's think of it everyday cant wait for it to be Mama always worked in the kitchen but she has her fav spot next to the chimney she a sit listen to the white folks talk I's pray all the time she ont get caught one day she heard sumn mussa been real good Is seen her smiling as Jesus himself gon an got mama a new dress but I's know ha smile na tha day she sats in a corner listnin' she hurds them finely' say we's free we's free but marster wouldnt let us go she herd' em tell mistus he wont let us free till me make sommo' for thems to eat but mama hops out that chimey corner jumps to her feet I's herd' ha yelling "I's free I's free' "then she runs to the field 'gainst marster's will and tol' all the other slaves n they quit work" I's seen all the hoes and rakes falls to the dirt dat nite ma slip out the house like a banana was at da do' she hids' in the ditch I's get snuck out my bed next I's in mamas arms I's look at mama's tied' feet running so fast to chase her freedom I's hear shots from ***** dem dogs barking n growlin' Lord please keep mama safe and the Lord hears ma prayas' cause' that nite afta alls the yelling cryin' n sweating me and mama we finely gits away Copy Right 2020 ©PoeticPat
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With legacy financial options such As gold or fiat we have no way to Send and receive lightning quick Micropayments across the world. We need a way to send secure Micro transactions of fractions Of a penny nearly immediately Therefore Let’s continue adopting Bitcoin And expanding the use of the Lightning network that enables These incredibly small amounts. Each Bitcoin is divided into 100 Million units called Satoshis, or “Sats” used for micropayments.
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Dec 6, 2024
Dec 6, 2024 at 11:37 AM UTC
Micropayments (Bitcoin Poem 119)
Bitcoin is open, for all, and free A better money, for you and me Satoshi’s gift, growing each year You can help this new frontier Donate! Help the Bitcoin teams Help the world with hopes and dreams Send some dollars or sats their way Big or small - it will make their day Many are working day and night Share a few sats to help the fight All together - we can win the war And open wide the freedom door Some great Bitcoin teams below OpenSats.org SatoshiAction.io Geyser.fund TimeChainCalendar.com TimeChainStats.com DigitalChamber.org
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Jul 23, 2024
Jul 23, 2024 at 8:50 AM UTC
Help the Bitcoin Teams - Bitcoin Poem 106
Highschool. You hear the word, what pops up? For most adults, the awkward times or the years where you were so irresponsible you can’t believe yourself looking back at the memories. For some, it was violently preparing for university, stressing over your career choice. Many of you had your first boyfriends or girlfriends there. All in all, not bad. I don’t really have that. I never felt awkward for a period exceeding 5 minutes or so, I’m barely ever irresponsible (especially not in school), I’m not violently preparing nor am I prepared, especially considering I just realized I should be studying for SATS if I want to go study in California. I don’t have a boyfriend, never did, and I’m not interested in anyone. Many times, I feel I don’t belong where I am, but not in the sense that I don’t fit in. I can and I do fit in because I choose to, but my full capacity does not. Many times, I’ve been described as wise beyond my years, often asked what I’m studying in university as well. I’ve always connected and interacted better with adults, even as a young girl, and now, my only best friend in the country is a past teacher of mine, while my other best friend lives in England now, and we connect nearly every day. I am ambitious and intelligent, and I want more out of life. I am deeply moved and inspired by music, finding a passion in it where most only appreciate the tune and connect vaguely with the message. I believe my ability to sing enhances this acuteness as well. I am a highly receptive human being, and I can detect nearly any emotion in the person I’m communicating with, whether they are aware of this emotion or not. I am more deeply aware and knowledgeable than most people are aware of. I am insecure sometimes. I can be in a bad mood. I’m not perfect. I’m not immune to most things. But I’m always working on it.
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Sep 25, 2016
Sep 25, 2016 at 1:12 AM UTC
High School.
Highschool. You hear the word, what pops up? For most adults, the awkward times or the years where you were so irresponsible you can’t believe yourself looking back at the memories. For some, it was violently preparing for university, stressing over your career choice. Many of you had your first boyfriends or girlfriends there. All in all, not bad. I don’t really have that. I never felt awkward for a period exceeding 5 minutes or so, I’m barely ever irresponsible (especially not in school), I’m not violently preparing nor am I prepared, especially considering I just realized I should be studying for SATS if I want to go study in California. I don’t have a boyfriend, never did, and I’m not interested in anyone. Many times, I feel I don’t belong where I am, but not in the sense that I don’t fit in. I can and I do fit in because I choose to, but my full capacity does not. Many times, I’ve been described as wise beyond my years, often asked what I’m studying in university as well. I’ve always connected and interacted better with adults, even as a young girl, and now, my only best friend in the country is a past teacher of mine, while my other best friend lives in England now, and we connect nearly every day. I am ambitious and intelligent, and I want more out of life. I am deeply moved and inspired by music, finding a passion in it where most only appreciate the tune and connect vaguely with the message. I believe my ability to sing enhances this acuteness as well. I am a highly receptive human being, and I can detect nearly any emotion in the person I’m communicating with, whether they are aware of this emotion or not. I am more deeply aware and knowledgeable than most people are aware of. I am insecure sometimes. I can be in a bad mood. I’m not perfect. I’m not immune to most things. But I’m always working on it.
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